Snow thrower needs air condtioning

[gardenpest]

billy-o , both of my drives run east to west . the one i had good luck with is paved the one where heat started being a problem is gravel. (grrr i hate gravel). but i think the longer I ran it (about 45 mins ) the warmer the engine and the chute got .

[mortten]

Sorry. I was thinking quietline. Not enough sleep last night.

[drglinski]

Good idea. You want to make sure you've got enough air flow around the engine regardless of outside air temperature.

[Yosemite Sam]

Originally Posted by mortten

Sorry. I was thinking quietline. Not enough sleep last night.

I knew you knew the difference, I was trying not to smart you off too bad.

[charlie105]

Flipping the grill made it better for me, but replacing the grill with a piece of aluminum sheet, bent at the top 3" to a 45deg. angle resolved my heat issues with the plow and qa36 thrower.

[J-Mech]

I've ran snowblowers on the front of Cubs for years. Used to clear business parking lots, including my own parking lot, plus about a dozen driveways. When it snowed I typically spent a 12-14 hour day on the tractor and sometimes half the next. I NEVER had any issues with engine heat affecting blower operation. If anything it kept the snow build up to a minimum and kept the chute free to turn. You guys that seem to think it's a hindrance are nuts. Besides, if it was an issue IH would have fixed it with a deflector or something. A hot chute doesn't cause it to plug. The snow type, and how fast you feed it does.

[yeeter]

Originally Posted by gardenpest

Now I can't wait for more snow.

While I understand the enthusiasm to try it out - I can indeed, wait...

[Rescue11]

Is your belt tight??? Seriously verify that it is.

Years ago my 36" on a 129 kept plugging up with the heavy snow we had. I was on an off the seat more than 100 times from 5 am till 730 am. The last time i unplugged it, i got a ride to the ER from a former teacher.

Fatigue, stress, and haste resuted in a broken index finger and the finger nails of my index and ring finger being torn off when my left hand broke through the snow packed chute into the rotating auger. I was later told by a witness that my left glove went up over the power lines.

I had left the seat to un plug the chute which was rotated far left, approaching it from the rear i didnt see the auger spinning. Having unplugged it many times i thought i disengaged the pto. I was wrong.

Dad ended up finishing my jobs. He said that he tightened the belt and never had another problem.

I have moved alot ... alot of snow with a qa36 on a 129 1450 and 1864. It throws snow 20 feet easy. Never once has the exhaust been an issue.

[gardenpest]

[QUOTE=Rescue11;406172]Is your belt tight??? Seriously verify that it is.

checked belt on qa42 ,at most 3/8" side to side belt movement.but did notice s/g belt was loose so i tightened it.I had not checked this cub for rpm so I used a digital tach i got recently and it was set at 2900 rpm so i bumped it to a little under 3600. Turning the grill seemed to me to have helped ,I only had one clog last snow.But it was only 4 inches compared to 8 last time.However with a tightened s/g belt and 600 rpm increase my neighbor may be upset about the extra snow on his roof , we'll see .